Children's Literature in Primary Schools
- David Waugh - University of Durham, UK
- Sally Neaum - Teesside University, UK
- Rosemary Waugh - Queen Margaret's School
Transforming Primary QTS Series
Trainee and experienced primary school teachers need an advanced knowledge of children's literature for effective teaching.
If you are training to be a teacher, this is your guide to the range of and scope of children's literature for the primary classroom. Through the exploration of different genres it covers a wide range of literature and helps you to consider what we mean by literature. Case studies that model good practice are included with suggestions for practical activities using literature to enhance teaching across the curriculum. Throughout, book recommendations show how specific texts can be used for teaching in exciting and innovative ways.
About the Transforming QTS Series
This series reflects the new creative way schools are begining to teach, taking a fresh approach to supporting trainees as they work towards primary QTS. Titles provide fully up to date resources focused on teaching a more integrated and inclusive curriculum, and texts draw out meaningful and explicit cross curricular links.
This is a particularly useful book for trainee teachers and NQTs. It covers key aspects of the children's literature most frequently taught in schools but starts from the premise that developing a love of reading is paramount.
This book is a useful guidance for primary teachers on how to encourage reading for pleasure and share literature with children. It explains how literature can be used to enhance pupils' learning across the curriculum and explores different genres of fiction.
I am delivering a specialist English module and have a session especially dedicated to exploring children's literature which this will support. I like the case study approach and clear references to other research. The format of these is clear for the reader, especially the more visual reader as it helps to support and local where the information has been previously read.
I am delivering a specialist English module and have a session especially dedicated to exploring children's literature which this will support. I like the case study approach and clear references to other research. The format of these is also clear for the reader, especially the more visual reader as it helps to support and locate where the information has been previously read and sourced.
A very useful text to support trainees' understanding of why, if they are to become effective teachers of primary English, they need to cultivate knowledge, understanding and critical appreciation of children's literature. This book has direct relevance to the requirements of the 2014 English national curriculum ( 'national curriculum' now, apparently, a common noun!).
An accessible book that gives a good overview of the different genres a trainee primary teacher needs to be familiar with. It also provides ideas for using literature to support the wider curriculum.
This is easily accessible to first year students who are studying how children learn to read and the types of literature available.
Very accessible text which will enhance our library stock
This is a very practical and lively book. Excellent ideas to follow up on and ideal for anyone working with Early Years and Primary. In fact we have now recommended the book for teachers on the additional course I teach on - Primary English and Maths Coordinators. The book makes for both interesting and 'easy' reading which enables the reader to been drawn in to the ideas for teaching which can only benefit the pupils/children.
A very good introduction to the use of children's literature in the primary school